The team at Kryal Castle spent long months during COVID quietly making improvements and practicing their craft with a live-in skeleton crew that included world champion jouster Phill Leitch.
Post-lockdown, the medieval theme park has boomed back into action, and has been rewarded for its efforts with a nomination for Best Tourism Attraction in Victoria by the Victorian Tourism Industry Council.
Kryal Castle chief executive Bart Hamilton said the nomination feels “amazing”.
“It’s been quite a long journey from coming back from COVID , as it has been for most tourism entities, but the team has put in such an incredible amount of work over the last 12 to 18 months to get us back to where we are now,” he said.
Since 1970, Kryal Castle has aimed to provide guests with an immersive medieval experience for kids and adults. Within the castle walls you can witness the highlights of the middle ages – jousting, sword fighting, potion-making wizards, an executioner, a torture dungeon, and a maze.
The awards will be decided at a gala at the Melbourne Convention Centre on December 1.
Liam McNally
